National Sports
Sheridan stars for Canada but can’t stop deflected shot in 1-0 stoppage-time loss
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2023
MONTREAL – The fans got to see a Christine Sinclair cameo and a heap of heroics from goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan on Saturday as Canada fell 1-0 to Brazil in a game that marked the beginning of the end of Sinclair’s international career. The contest, before a lively sellout crowd of 19,619 at Saputo Stadium, seemed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sakamoto finishes first in women’s program at Skate Canada; Canada’s Schizas rises
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Kaori Sakamoto continued her momentum, and dominance, in the women’s competition at Skate Canada International to claim gold on Saturday. The reigning world champion scored a season best score of 151 in the free skate program to finish first in the competition and overall with a total score of 226.13. Chaeyon Kim, 16, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Africa holds on to beat New Zealand 12-11 and win historic fourth Rugby World Cup title
By Jerome Pugmire, The Associated Press on October 28th, 2023
PARIS (AP) – Defending champion South Africa kicked its way to a record fourth Rugby World Cup title by beating New Zealand 12-11 on Saturday after All Blacks captain Sam Cane was the first player to be red-carded in a final. Flyhalf Handre Pollard scored all the points for a Springboks side which repeated its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Africa holds on to beat New Zealand 12-11 and win a record fourth Rugby World Cup title
By Jerome Pugmire, The Associated Press on October 28th, 2023
PARIS (AP) – Defending champion South Africa kicked its way to a record fourth Rugby World Cup title by beating New Zealand 12-11 on Saturday after All Blacks captain Sam Cane was the first player to be red-carded in a final. Flyhalf Handre Pollard scored all the points for a Springboks side which repeated its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazil scores in stoppage time, finally beating Kailen Sheridan, to edge Canada 1-0
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2023
MONTREAL – Debinha scored on a deflection in stoppage time to lift Brazil to a 1-0 win over Canada on Saturday afternoon in a game that marked the beginning of the end of captain Christine Sinclair’s international career. The goal was a cruel blow to goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan whose heroics had kept Canada in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dandjinou strikes gold at World Cup short track speedskating stop in Montreal
By The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2023
MONTREAL – After winning his first individual medal in the 1,000 metres last week at the Maurice Richard Arena, William Dandjinou struck gold Saturday in the 1,500 in Montreal’s second ISU World Cup short-track speedskating event in as many weeks. The Montreal native jumped out to a quick lead and was never caught, finishing in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marino drops Pan Am Games tennis semifinal, will play for women’s singles bronze
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2023
SANTIAGO – Rebecca Marino left her first Pan American Games on crutches. She wants to leave her second with a medal. The latter was still on the table for the Canadian tennis player despite Saturday’s 6-1, 6-4 semifinal loss to Argentina’s Maria Lourdes Carle. The loss halted Marino’s run of three straight wins to reach ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Auger-Aliassime beats Rune to advance to Swiss Indoors final
By The Canadian Press on October 28th, 2023
BASEL, Switzerland – Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime will get a chance to defend his championship at the Swiss Indoors tennis event on Sunday. Auger-Aliassime advanced to the title game with a 6-3, 6-2 semifinal win over top seed Holger Rune of Denmark on Saturday. The six-seeded Auger-Aliassime used a strong service game – firing five aces ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harry Kane imitates David Beckham by scoring from his own half for Bayern Munich
By The Associated Press on October 28th, 2023
MUNICH (AP) – Harry Kane has done a David Beckham. The England captain scored a spectacular goal from his own half for Bayern Munich against Darmstadt on Saturday before going on to claim a hat trick. Kane spotted goalkeeper Marcel Schuhen was off his line and fired the ball around 60 yards (meters) from Bayern’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!England seeks face-saving turnaround against India at the Cricket World Cup
By Chetan Narula, The Associated Press on October 28th, 2023
LUCKNOW, India (AP) – When the Cricket World Cup schedule was announced in July, India vs. England on Sunday was expected to be a marquee match. It will be anything but. England’s poor showing at the World Cup so far has befuddled even its most ardent fans. One win from five games is the worst ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Swiss skier Gut-Behrami takes World Cup season-opening GS. Shiffrin places 6th
By Eric Willemsen, The Associated Press on October 28th, 2023
SOELDEN, Austria (AP) – Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami edged first-run leader Federica Brignone by two-hundredths of a second Saturday to win the season-opening women’s World Cup giant slalom, with Mikaela Shiffrin finishing in sixth. Gut-Behrami trailed the Italian by 0.73 after the opening leg but made up three-quarters of a second with a gutsy second ... Read More »
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